Ray Harold Bates

SPRINGTOWN -- Ray Harold Bates, 73, a retired jailer, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004, in Springtown. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday at Poolville United Methodist Church. Burial: Springtown Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at White's Funeral Home. Ray Harold Bates was born June 21, 1931, in Omaha, Neb., to Charles and Nellie Rummery Bates. He graduated from Omaha South High School. Ray was a member of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Association, the Lone Star Bulldog Club and the American Boer Goat Association and was associated with the Springtown Legends Museum. Ray was a member of Poolville United Methodist Church. Survivors: Wife, Ann Medford Bates of Springtown; stepson, Mike Medford and Belinda of Springtown; stepdaughter, Margaret Medford Bridges of Azle; brother, Harry L. Bates and wife, Judy, of Longmont, Colo.; sisters, Patricia Anderson and husband, Bill, of Barnes, Wis., Clara Jensen of Omaha, Neb., and Vicki Bates and Merle of Friendswood; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.